CECS 5400
Mr. Blair Copeland
Educational Telecommunications
Spring 2012
LTEC 3530
Mr. Blair Copeland
Data Communications
Spring 2012
This course is offered by the Department of Learning Technologies in the College of Information at UNT. Undergraduate and Graduate degrees are available. For more information call
1-877-275-7547.
Assignments
Assignment #4 - Teleconferencing and On-line Collaborative Systems
Due Date: April 9
Value: 12 points total
Submission:
- Post to the forum containing the three written parts of the assignment.
Part 1- First Posting - audio bridges (4 pts)
- Discuss and compare vent and skype.
- The instructor will provide Vent info.
- Students will need to coordinate talking to each other with Skype and Vent.
- Students will need to possible install and/or try the trial version of each package.
- Things to talk about in your posting
- Describe each of the systems above.
- Describe the comparison system.
- Compare/contrast the two based on the bandwidth issues presented in the Jones/Knezek article.
- Discuss cost, installation, and support issues such as the manpower needed to make the system run.
- Discuss what is gained and what is lost in each environment regarding educational utility.
- Reply to at least two postings in a meaningful manner.
Part 2 - Second Posting - web-based meeting spaces (4 pts)
- Discuss and compare Adobe Connect Pro and Web-Ex.
- Students will need to coordinate working with each other using the technologies.
- Students will need to possible install and/or try the trial version of each package.
- Things to talk about in your posting
- Describe each of the systems above.
- Describe the comparison system.
- Compare/contrast the two based on the bandwidth issues presented in the Jones/Knezek article.
- Discuss cost, installation, and support issues such as the manpower needed to make the system run.
- Discuss what is gained and what is lost in each environment regarding educational utility.
- Reply to at least two postings in a meaningful manner.
Part 3 - Third Posting - 3d environments (4 pts)
- Use SecondLife, Tappedin, and Chalk House
- Students will need to possible install and/or try the trial version of each package.
- How do each of these compare ?
- Discuss the educational affordances that these virtual environments might provide in your classroom or training setting?
- Reply to at least two postings in a meaningful manner.